{"id":348,"date":"2012-01-25T22:40:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/government-must-reverse-cuts-to-career-counselling-posts-deputy-sean-crowe\/"},"modified":"2012-01-25T22:40:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:40:13","slug":"government-must-reverse-cuts-to-career-counselling-posts-deputy-sean-crowe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/government-must-reverse-cuts-to-career-counselling-posts-deputy-sean-crowe\/","title":{"rendered":"Government must reverse cuts to career counselling posts \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government must reverse cuts to career counselling posts \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Education Spokesperson Se\u00e1n Crowe<\/span>, TD., has urged the Government to reverse changes made in December\u2019s budget to the way teaching positions are allocated as it will result in the possible loss of hundreds of career guidance posts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Deputy Crowe<\/span> said: \u201cThis Government continues to target the most vulnerable young people in our school system in a bid to save money. The possible loss of hundreds of School Guidance Counsellors will have serious and far reaching implications for children because of the essential role they play in supporting young people\u2019s educational, emotional and mental well-being.
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\u201cIt is a change of policy will cause significant damage to our education system that is already reeling from cuts to DEIS Schools, the reduction in capitation grants, the suspension of summer work\u2019s schemes, increases to the pupil\/teacher ratios, hikes in the contribution fees for students, cuts to CE schemes as well as increases in the cost of school transport and the reduction in the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSchool Guidance Counsellors fulfil a vitally important role and they are often the first point of contact for young people when they experience difficulties at home and at school.
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\u201cThey are one of the few free supports available and they help young people on a range of issues during times of crisis.
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\u201cWe know from the Department\u2019s own figures that there are simply too many children with educational, emotional and behavioural difficulties for schools to manage without support teachers. I believe that now, more than ever, we need guidance counselling services in our schools. We face an unprecedented economic crisis that has serious implications for thousands of families who face the nightmare of unemployment. This impacts on the well-being of young people and school counsellors are often able to help.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese cuts will undermine their basic right to receive an education in a calm and safe environment and will result in more suspensions and expulsions. It will cause significant disruption in classrooms and in the long run, there will be a huge cost to the taxpayer.
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\u201cHundreds of career guidance teachers will also lose their positions if the Government presses ahead with what was announced in December\u2019s budget. They will be moved out of their role and will start teaching again in the classroom. As a result of this change in policy, many of the young teachers they will be replacing will lose their jobs. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Most importantly, the mental health and general well-being of our students will suffer. On the back of last week\u2019s Sinn F\u00e9in motion the Minister agreed to review the cuts to DEIS schools and he now needs to do the same and ensure the schools counsellors are retained at their present levels.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Government must reverse cuts to career counselling posts \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe \u00a0 Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Education Spokesperson Se\u00e1n Crowe, TD., has urged the Government to reverse changes made in December\u2019s budget to the way teaching positions are allocated as it will result in the possible loss of hundreds of career guidance posts. \u00a0 Deputy Crowe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}